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Category: drama

  • “Megan Leavey” Movie Review

    “Megan Leavey” Movie Review

    Megan Leavey (Kate Mara) was drifting through life. She needed something more. Then one day she saw new recruits heading into the Marine recruiting office……and knew she found it! Megan did well in boot camp and after, but, was still a bit of a trouble maker. Her CO gave her shit duty (literally) as punishment,…

  • Movie Review: “The Holdovers”

    Movie Review: “The Holdovers”

    Teaching Ancient History at the private Barton Academy near Boston, Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) is tagged to stay over the Christmas holiday to watch over the five students who are staying on campus in 1970. The head of the kitchen, Mary Lamb (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), is also working and will feed them even though she…

  • Movie Review: “The Instigators”

    Movie Review: “The Instigators”

    Rory (Matt Damon) wants to make good for his son. He needs a bit of money to cover all the expenses he has not paid….then he has decided to kill himself. His therapist, Dr. Donna Rivera (Hong Chau), asks him if he has tried everything…..he says no. Then Rory promptly gets involved with Cobby (Casey…

  • Movie Review: “Young Woman and the Sea”

    Movie Review: “Young Woman and the Sea”

    When she was young, Trudy Ederle (Daisy Ridley), was suffering from measles and her Doctor thought she might not survive. Looking out her New York apartment window, she sees a ferry burning killing hundreds. Her mother, Gertrude (Jeanette Hain), knew many of the people who died….just feet from shore……but, they were afraid to jump since…

  • Movie Review: “Arthur the King”

    Movie Review: “Arthur the King”

    Michael (Mark Wahlberg) has been adventure racing for 19 years, but, unfortunately, his racing career has been marred by one stupid mistake a few years ago. Ready to race again, Michael is trying to find a sponsor while also trying to convince three other racers, Leo (Simu Liu), Olivia (Nathalie Emmanuel), and Chik (Ali Suliman),…

  • Movie Review: “Find Me Falling”

    Movie Review: “Find Me Falling”

    John Allman (Harry Connick Jr.) is a rock star going through a bit of a slump. Since he has been to Cyprus (Greece) in the past (after which he wrote a hit song about a woman on the beach) he decided to take a break from his music career, buy a small hut on the…

  • Movie Review: “Hit Man”

    Movie Review: “Hit Man”

    By day, Gary Johnson (Glen Powell) is a mild-mannered college professor, but, at night……Gary becomes a hit man! Well, not a real hit man, but, a cop pretending to be a hit man so he could arrest the person wanting the hit…..and save a life in the process. Fitting his hit man persona for each…

  • Movie Review: “The Long Game”

    Movie Review: “The Long Game”

    I asked Google Gemini AI to write a 250 word summary of this movie. I added italics and pictures for completeness. The Long Game is a heartwarming and inspiring drama based on a true story set in 1950s Texas. The film follows a group of young Mexican-American caddies, led by Joe Trevino (Julian Works), who,…

  • AI Assisted Movie Review: “A Family Affair”

    AI Assisted Movie Review: “A Family Affair”

    Gotta love AI! Saves me a LOT of time. 🙂 I asked Google Gemini to write a 150 word summary of this movie. I added the words in italics and the picture for clarity and completeness. “24-year-old Zara (Joey King) is burnt out, working as an underappreciated assistant to self-absorbed and selfish Hollywood actor Chris…